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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-19
INTERLACHEN NOTES.

Special Correspondence Palatka NEWS.
The Florida Southern Railway Com
pany have caught the spirit of improve
ment. and are cleaning up around the
station.
From the hind quarter of a nice fat
alligator cut thin slices. pepper and salt
and broif on Goals. Very nice eating.
Ii you don't believe it ask those who
have tried it.
The board sidewalk on Prospect street
is a great relief. When Mr.. Ross gets
home it will be continued to Lake La
gonda-
The lumber is on the ground for a
new boat house at the foot of Prospect
street.
After the last meeting of the club, a
certain young man of 1.-THE city between
the lakes" who is very proud of the soft
ness of his hands, vas striving to excite
the curiosity of a lady as to the man
ner in which he kept them 30 soft. The
lady's curiosity was not to be aroused.
so he said. Il sleep with gloves on,
co which she replied, DO you sleep with
your hat oL!'
The warm sunshine, the song of the
mocking bird. spriuging vegetation. in
dictate that winter is not to have a seat in
! the lap of spring this year. Ii is to be
hoped the missing tourist will yet ex-
perience the climatic paradise of Florida
for the next three months Of 1887.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-19
The Tucker Bill Approved.
savannah News


The Governor of Utah Territory, Mr..
Caleb West, Gays that he is very well
satisfied with the Tucker anti-polygamy
bill which passed the House a dav or two
ago. There is no one, perhaps, who Is
better qualified to judge Of the merits OF
the bill than he is, because he is very
we'll informed of the condition CT affairs
in Utah. He has had q great deal II
experience with the MormOns, and is
capable Of forming an opinion that Is
valuable as to whether the law Is likely
to accomplish the purpose intended.
The present laws against polygamy are
very strict, but they are SO faulty in
many respects that they do not cause the
poIygamOus Mornons much concern. In
fact. il is very difficult to enforce them
at all for the reason that nearly all the
offices, except a few of the most impor-
tant ones, are held by MOrmOns. Nor
mon influence 10 felt everywhere, and il
acquires considerable courage on the
part of those who are not MOrmons to
render verd,cts against those who are.
The Tucker bill, however, is much
more severe than any existing law, and
is calculated to make polygamists think
that il may not after all be their religious
duty to violate the laws of the land
They do not like the idea at all OF spend
ing term of years in the penitentiary
for marrying more than one wife.
The Tucker bill, if it become a law,
will free the offices Of all who counte
nance polygamy, and will bring int
prominence men who can be depended
upon to do their utmost to relieve the
Territory of the evil which now burdens
il.
Gov. West says that there is already
. strong feeling in the Mormon church
that it would be a wise thing to do Il
abandon polygamy. All MormOns know
| of course, that the government is no
| disposed to interfere with the Mormon
religion in any way. The Mormons cal
worship a. they please, and believe wha
they like, but they must be made to un
derstand that the laws cannot be vIOlate
with IMMUNITY. While poly gamy abso
luteIy destroys all the finer feelings o
women. there are thousands of then
who urge their husbands to take NOR
than one wife b< cause they think tina
the more wives he has the better will b
his and their condition in the world I
come. 1t in difficult tn make headwa
against religious fanaticism. The womer
and some of the men, who believe in po
lygamy are religious fanatics.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-19
A Complaint for Gen. Villas.
New York sun

Our esteemed contemporary, the At.
tdnfd Constitution, a journal of the
highest character and not given to max
ing hasty assertions, complains that
1.-The mail service IN the Southern States
is shameful burlesque, and If there Is
no Improvement in 1t, our people will
have to resort to the express companies. -"
The mail service in Georgia, according tn
this authority, was better and the mail
facilities more expeditions during the Re
publican Administration than since.
THE Constitution has received more
complaints about the irregularity of the
mails in % uthern Georgia since the first
of January than it received in any twelve
months before Mr.. Villas took charge of
this department"
This 10 certainly a serious complaint,
and one that Mr.. Villas. for the sake of
his own reputation rs well as the public
interest and the popularity of the Ad-
ministration, should examine at once.
The cause Of the inc fficiency ard un.
| trust worthines - of the mail service in
the South is given by our Atlanta con.
temporary in plain language:
| 1.-THE men who have charge of the sys-
TEN in Washington are not In sympathy
with the Administration. That ia what
is the matter. The head of thu depart
msnt seems to lack nerve to take hold
4 OF the matter Win the nrmnesS ana de-
cision so much needed"
This is an entirely natural explanation.
A few mO0ths ago il was discovered that
a combination existed among the Repub
lican clerks in the railway postal service.
They we're trying to keep their places by
threatening to go out in a body il any
one of their number was discharged for
reasons not satisfactory to their cheeky
selves. Doubtless the same spirit of
characterization and the same readiness
| to embareass the Administration are
found among other Republican office
holders in the Post-office DEPARTMENT.
There were more ed-hot Republican par
! tisans in that than in any other depart
I ment, and. in spite of the good example
| set by the Hon. Adlai e. Stevenson, there
are many, too many of Their, still hang
ing on to their Offices and secretly max
ing faces at the Administration.
There ought to be no more Republican
officeholders in the Post-Office Depart
ment than are sneaked into il by their
Chinese mightuesses, the Civil Service
Commissioners. We had supposed that
the Wisconsin fall elections had etched
this fact into the Post master Gener al g
mind. II he 10 waiting for additional
evidence. apparently he can find plenty
| of it in the cor plaints OF Southern Dem.
ocrats about the inefhciency Of the mail
/ service. A little letter Of dismissal to
1 the Republican officeholders in his de-
partner should be the first step toward
remedy ing the bupglipg service com.
planned Of. And really it's not worth
while to spoil the mail service and sour
the Democratic party just for the sake OF
keeping in office q few thousand migrate
full Republicans.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-19

The answer to the question where
are the missing tourists" comes from
every quarter-from the hotels of Jack
sonville and Palatka with more guests
han they ever had before at this season,
from the rail coaches and steamers
which are crowded on their southwark
trips, from the hotels in the extreme
southern parts of the State where the
knee-breeches and breech- leaders of the
tourist have hitherto been cur csities,from
the hunting grounds of Indian river and
the Halifax and from the famous resorts
of bass all along our coast comes back
the answer. they are HERE. The Presi-
dent Of the atlantic Coast Line informs
us that his road has brought more risitors
to Florida during this month, than in
the corresponding month Of amy prerious
year
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-19

brightest minds among us! Bismarck
has just declared that peace cannot be
preserved without a standing army"
yet our country is a disproof IN point so
large that we should think even his
bleared sight could see without glasses
Hereafter when our days are viewed
through the pages Of history men will
wonder at this exhibition of the madness
which precedes destruction. Out of the
war now imminent good may come to
Europe, for when the armies have de-
stroyed each other, the people must be
seen and heard.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-19
The Proposed nicarauga Canal.
Philad -lphia Tin es

Phflad lphia Thu es.
An application has been made to Con-
gress for a charter under which a pri-
waite corporation proposes to build the
long taiked-of Nicarauga ship canal.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Reia-
tions has already reported in favor Of
granting the charter, and there seems
to be little doubt that the application
will be successful. The government is
asked to assume no pecuniary responsi-
bility. The proposed charter will re-
strict the tolls charged by the corpora
ton to $2 90 per ton, and the canal will
be a public highway, open to the COM
merce of the world on equal terms. 1t
is est mated that the canal will have a
carrying capacity of not less than 8. O0O.-
900 tons annually, and that il will cost
from 800, O0O, 900 to $3.50. 0O0, 900.
The application for charter for this
waterway indicates that it's projectors
anticipate the entire failure of The Pan
anna undertaking. The incorporates
are men who have given careful study
to the subject of an inter oceanic canal,
and have watched with deep interest the
progress made by De Lesseps. OF the
possibilities of their own route they are
thoroughly well informed, but as long az
it was probable or even possible that q
tide-level waterway could be cut through
TIC dhdiuo istHtuus, tucy were uot IOoi-
ish enough to invest Honey in a compe-
ting waterway which would labor under
the disadvantage of costly lockage.
There is plenty of capital ready to en-
bark in the Nicarauga undertaking, pro-
vidsd there 10 no danger of q competitor
that can carry the worlds commerce be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific with
greater speed and at less cost. The only
danger in this direction arose from the
possibility of the completion Of the Pan
anna canal.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-19


In 1884, from .Sacramento alone, the
farmers Of California shipped 80, $50
pounds of raisins; in 1885 from the same
place were sent 1,102. $40 pounds, and
the crop of 1856 is said to be still larger.
We are told that raisins cannot be prop
as we know, there has been no expert
ment sufficient to justify the statement.
We can grow the grapes, and there
should be little difficulty in curing them
II we consider the improved apparatus
now in use as a factor in the solution of
the problem.
But from Southern California are also
made shipments of almonds, chestnuts
and walnuts, which it is very certain
could be successfully grown here. In
every large grove there are waste places,
where, for some reason, the orange does
not do well, and in all of these some
paying crop or tree might be made to as
sist in bearing the burden of expense.
1t is in the low places that the pecan or
walnut does best, and these might make
the spots in the groves now covered with
unsightly briars and weeds as profitable
as any. The Greenleaf Grove, on Lake
George. is one Of the most profitable in
the State, yet there a few hundred walnut
trees might be put out without the least
damage to the orange trees.
Like all new industries, the business OF
fruit growing in Florida must be
cleared Of many little excrescences
before we can figure out our exact profits
Besides the increase in value by the bet
ter appearance of the whole, from thesf
waste places in the future will be taker
more money than from the same extent
of territory in the regular grove. Frou
| a spot once considered an eye-sore and
vexation, Mr.. Tiffanv, of San Mateo, hai
been shipping the finest vegetables fol-
two months, and he still has crop which
makes the mouth of the visitor water
1t is from these low spots, so long con
sidered valueless, that the vegetable
come to the tables Of Palatka and Jack
sonville. Those who make speciality OF
truck farming, ship North almost en-
tirely, and little OF their crops are sold II
Florida. 1t is in this way that our oranR
growers are showing their determination
to make of their fruit a cash crop, ant
rely for their expenses on the other prod
ucts (. f our soil, which go far to making
us self-supporting as well a shealthy ant
contented.
During our long summers we mus
have vegetables and milk. or travel is
necessity. Health can not be kept up
the grocer alone supplies our tables, an
the possession of a garden spot in til
midst of the grove or contiguous to il
is very far from being a misfortune
When we learn how to occupy thes
spots unsuitable to the orange with veg
etables, or cane. or nut-bearing trees, {
grass for a COW, then the necessity fc
summer trips and vacations. with a
their attendant evils. will be greatly LEI
!. / saued
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-19
Notice.
ORANGE GROVE
FOR SALE.

L'OR SALE One s. acre lot. 36s orange trees
Il budded, choice fruit; 3 acres thoroughly
cleared of sfumps: slsO n 10 acre lot. good 3
room cottage, 40D trees. 200 bearing. budded,
choicest fruit. all under fer ce. q C. rDer lot.
bordering on three streets; all situated ON
Con mercial avenue. in the city of Federal
Point, within fifteen minutes walk OF wharf
and post, flee: a daily mail snd two stores;
on the east side of the st. Johns river. Cali at
this Office jals-3m
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-19

WASHINGTON, Jan. I. Mr.. Crisp will
renew to- morrow his motion, to consider
the conference report on the interstate
commerce bill. He says that it will have
a large ms jority Tomorrow. He WINS at
a great disadvantage to-day. because his
motion was embarrassed by the dema-
gogic scheme Of the pension committee
to pension all needy veterans. The vote
to-day gave no indication of the strength
Of the bill
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-19
n 0 T E!
PAIATkA
Water Works
PAlATkA, FLORIDA.

i HE PALATKA wATER-WORkS Is PRE-
PARED to receive applications for Pure Water
for Domestic. Manufacturing, and other pur-
poses a'ong the lines of its street msins i'm
the city of Pal tka and the town Palatks
Heie hts, and to lay service pipes from said
msins to the line OF the streets near thu
hous es and other places where 10 is 10 be used.
The water will be furnished in accordance
with the Rates. Rules, ana Resul-tions'' of
the company, to which careful attention is in
vited, and will probably he ready for use
early in March next.
Ordinary service pipes will be of patent Ell
ameled wrought iron. or of galvanized iron, OF
three-quarters of an inch bore. and will be
laid in accordance with Sections aud of the
Rules and Regulat ions. They will be laid IN
the order in which the applications are re-
ceive d; hence persons recurring the water al
an early date should make their applications
promptly.
A plan of the street pipes msy tie seen at
the Office of the Palatka Water works. in
Prices Block. where copies of the RATES
Rules and Reg n ations" ay be obtained. and
where applications will he lived upon
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons from
2:30 to O'Clock. and every eveniIg except
Sunday from TO TO $40 o'clock.
PAIATKA WATT R-wORKS.
By WIN. WHEELER, Constructing x gineer
Palatka. JAM AIRY 10. lss.. jal9-luo
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-19
Does JacksOnvlIl Make Money Ont
OF IL.

New Are

She just reports her dividend for
eight months from the Firm of Liquor
Dealers & Co., in which she 10 partner
protective, the sum of 1854 IA, and
from the citizen, made drunk by the
firm AZ partner retributive, she inflicts
and collects for being drunk awake, for
the same time, 81, 002.77, and for being
drunk and asleep, idem t3s4. 80. So
that in all from her partnership in the
months the sum Of &s22l.51. Now we
wish some Of the good people of Jack
sonville would tell US il that Is all clear
profit to the city, and il not all, how
much Of it is profit. or how much does
il cost TO get il.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-19
Maverick National Bank

Accounts of Banks, Bankers ana Corpor-
atiOns solicited.
Our facilities for COLLECTIONS are excel
lent and we re-dIscount for Bar ks when bal
ancee warrant II.
Boston is Reserve City. snd balances with
US from Banks mot located in other Rec erye
Cities count reserve.
We draw our own Exchange or London nd
the Continent. and u ske Cable transfers and
place money by telegraph throughout the
United States and Cansda.
Government Bonds bought and sold, and
EXCHANGES in Washington made for banks
without ea ira charge.
We have a marke for prime frst- class In
vestu ent Securities, and invite proI oss Is
from States, Counties and Cities v hen issuing
bonds.
We do gene raj Banking business, and in
wife correspondence.
ASAP. POTTER. Pres dent.
JOS. w. WORK. Cashier.
oc3l-w Satin
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-19

HRaIsrEREp AT THE PALArKA Posi- OR1ICI
"A SECOND-CLAss MAIL MAr1BR-
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-19

Nominated for Post master.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE President
today nominated to be postmaster Mary
Sue Sellers 1t Marion, s. c.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-26
TOMORROW Is, OR WILL BE-
The Former is Proper, for when it Come
it is Not Tomorrow, but To-day,

The Former IL Proper, for when it Comes
it is Not Tomorrow, but To-day.
Never put Off till tomorrow what you
should do to-day, and then you will be free
from the task of closing up Yesterdays
business. There are thousands of cases of
sickness that if taken in time" can be
averted. Many special remedies for Brights
disease and other kidney troubles are ad.
yertised, but little attention has been called
to one Of the rery best.
Lydia E. PinHham's Vegetable Com
pound is generally supposed to be remedy
only for female diseases. for which it is
well known to be the one unfailing cure :.
but it should also be known that it is
equally efficacious for diseases of the male
organs and for all kidney complaints.
Here are few testimonials: NV son
strained himself and was miserable. He
could not stand on his feet and he wet The
bed. One bottle cured him" Mrs. w. of
North Walpole. Neb.. writes: Il have
taken your Vegetable Compound for the
last year for kidney complaint. and find
it has helped me so much, after the doctor
telling me there was no help for me; il has
almost entirely cured men Mrs. NJ. OF
Fayetteville, y. Y, says: 81 thiBk the
Compound has acted on the kidneys more
than any other part of the body" Another
emily This little valley of Capay will
be as famous. | do not write in the inter-
est Of crazy speculation, nor to induce V ur
readers to go wild ovor California. but to
say to any one determined to COME, lust
look a leedle oudt' for home in Capay
valley"
lady says: MY little girl has not wet the
bed since gave her the first dose the tirst
time in three or four years"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-26
Veterans Arriving in st. Louis by Every
Train-Sherman on Deck.

Train-Sherman on Deck.
ST. LoUIS, September 25th.- The advance
guard of the Grand Army of the Republic has
set Its standard in st. Louis. \ few comrades
hundred had reported. The most distant States
nave the first delegations on hand, with the
oregon members and Washington Territory $
squad OF fifteen The city is prepared to receive
theln with warm welcome and blaze of light.
Miles OF bunting lies ready to be unfolded at the
Dawn OF Monday and great arches already span
the streets; The interior of business houses and
shoW-wlndows have donned their holiday ar
tire, and each park has become n tented fold
awaiting the 5000 soldiers that are on the Wav
Among the arrivals to-day was General VIM
4. sherman shortly before O'Clock he en-
tered the nall, where a meeting OF Ransom Post
was being held, which was filed by many com
rades from distance and the first meeting of
the Grand Encampment may bs said to have
peen begun. The guests were called upon for
talks, to which General Sherman responded by
a live minutes review of the formation and
growth of Ransom Post Many men of wealth,
he said. who sent substitutes to the war would
now willingly give part of their riches to be
eutltled TO a seat in this body.
Alluding to the many invitations he had re.
celved TO join Eastern Posts, he said ne had de.
clined them, because he desired to retain his
connection with this Post. Several other com
rades made brief speeches before adjournment
cAL'FoRN VETERANS 500 STRONG.
ST. LOUIS, September 25th The Pacific slope
swooped down upon the town to-day i'll thirty-two
cars Q1fteen hundred str0ng) from California
and a hundred more from Oregon, Washington
Territory and Alaska. They come with the pro
ducts of the orchard and viueyard-the fruits
the wines and the grapes of the golden land-and
in the great hall of the Armery are preparing
to exhibit. as the knight Templars did last year,
some of the blessings of their fertile country.
Within block of the Armory their camp of
tents shelter 500 men tonight
AS the Californians came fifteen hundred
strong, instead OF eight hundred, as was at first
promised, ana as each other State now sends
notice of an increased attendance the total
number will swell to more than fifty thousand
As these men arrive they will be met at the
depot by Il reception committee who will send
one man with each Post TO direct them to their
quarters. Tents and rooms are prepared for all.
no matter what the number
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-26
State and County Fairs.

The SACRAMENTO RECORD UNION thinks
ii little singular that while the San Fran
cisco journals send competent reporters to
Sacramento during the State Fair. their
reports are mainly confined to racing notes.
There is probably some justice in the reaec-
tion. A race is an event, while the fair.
otherwise, does not vary much one day
with another. We assure our Sacramento
contemporary, however, that the cause is
not that San Francisco journals are inclined
to discourage any antagonism to the Me-
chanlcs' Institute Fair. The more fairs we
have the better they are, and the larger the
attendance the better for each one The
only thing that can injure our Mechanics
Institute Fair is q general distaste or indif-
ference to fairs generally. The people of
a county who become interested in their
annual county fair will soon want to
see what the State Fair is like and also
what the San Francisco exhibit offers
that local fairs do not possess.
The San Francisco fair has been visited
this year in the middle of it's season by
about as large a number as included its
total visitors last year. 1t is the best dis
play of interior products that ever has been
made by this institution, and consequently
1t has attracted large number of visitors
from the interior counties. The Mechanics
Institute Fair, therefore, has no present
reason to be afraid of competition. So far
SIS the call is concerned. it aims to report
interior fairs as faithfully as those held in
this city. The development of the interior
is of quite as much Importance as the
growth of the metropolis. In fact, if the
interior is cared for, the city will care for
itself. The only danger to be apprehended
to the city is that it may grow faster than
the State. The State Fair is not as our
ton. Itrepresents all the counties in the
State, and, if successful reflects credit upon
all. Its proper location is at Sacramento,
the capital of the State. 1t is quite possible
that horse-racing and baseball matches re-
ceive more attention than they deserve if
viewed as industries but the large proper
ton OF the people who take an interest in
such events is the excuse for the promi-
nence given them.-.S. f. Gait